RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Al-Mansur

714 - 775

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Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; Arabic: أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr (المنصور) was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 136 AH to 158 AH (754 CE – 775 CE) succeeding his brother al-Saffah (r. 750–754). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Mansur has received more than 1,035,741 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Al-Mansur is the 364th most popular religious figure (up from 374th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Jordan (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Jordanian Religious Figure.

Al-Mansur is most famous for his victory against the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas in the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Al-Mansur ranks 364 out of 3,187. Before him are Sarah Baartman, Photios I of Constantinople, Philip Neri, Pope Leo VII, Sathya Sai Baba, and Saint Spyridon. After him are Pope Anastasius I, Bahá'u'lláh, Pope Soter, Pope Clement III, Pope Sergius I, and James, son of Alphaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 714, Al-Mansur ranks 2. Before him is Childeric III. After him is Bashar ibn Burd. Among people deceased in 775, Al-Mansur ranks 2. Before him is Constantine V.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Al-Mansur ranks 2 out of 59. Before him are Aaron (-1396). After him are As-Saffah (722), Hussein of Jordan (1935), Jephthah (-1118), Al-Mahdi (744), Abdullah II of Jordan (1962), Nicomachus (60), Menippus (-290), Philodemus (-110), Marouf al-Bakhit (1947), and Balak (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Jordan

Among religious figures born in Jordan, Al-Mansur ranks 2. Before him are Aaron (-1396). After him are Jephthah (-1118), Balak (null), Phinehas (-1300), Jair (-1000), Fouad Twal (1940), and Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham (1948).

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